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Pep Guardiola has no interest in following Gary Neville and company into football ownership once he leaves management.
Guardiola, who will face Salford City, co-owned by Neville and members of Manchester United's famous Class of '92, in the FA Cup third round on Saturday night, was asked if he could ever see himself in the boardroom instead of on the bench. one day.
'No. “I'm not good at that,” Guardiola said.
“Sometimes I'm a good manager, but as a businessman I'm not good, so that doesn't interest me at all.”
Guardiola's brother Pere is president of Girona, one of the clubs that are part of the City Football Group, but Pep is very happy that others make the important decisions off the field.
It's a hugely important game for League Two Salford City and their Class of '92 owners as they look to pick up their biggest ownership scalp to date.
Pep Guardiola was asked if he had any interest in becoming a football owner.
Gary Neville and the members of Class 92 own Salford City, who play City on Saturday.
While there have been bumps in the road for the likes of Neville, Ryan Giggs, Nicky Butt and others in the ownership group, Guardiola was not surprised to see them persist at it.
“These generational players won many titles,” he said.
'They made a lot of money to be able to buy clubs. It's good.
“I don't know which players are involved, but they are intelligent people and when football people run football clubs they always make intelligent decisions.”
He added: 'I've lived in Salford for eight years, so I'll be playing against my neighborhood! My hometown, where I live.
'I have a lot of respect for the coach (Karl Robinson). We played years ago in Oxford and he was also Sam Allardyce's assistant at Leeds.
'Their last six games have been six clean sheets and six wins. Great respect for them and what they do.
'We take it seriously, of course, as we always have since I arrived. “Hopefully we can play a good game and get three wins in a row because it's been a long time since that happened.”
City will look to avoid a major upset when they face Salford in the FA Cup third round.
City will continue without center back Rubén Dias, who recently made public his relationship with television presenter Maya Jama, as well as with John Stones.
Number one goalkeeper Ederson is “fine”, Guardiola revealed, while Oscar Bobb is progressing well after returning to training, but is not yet ready to play.